Maternal effects mediate host expansion in a seed-feeding beetle

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-7

  Fox, Charles W ^a,b   Savalli, Udo M ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Cercidium floridum; Chloroleucon ebano; Diet breadth; Diet expansion; Egg size; Exotic plants; Insect plant interactions; Maternal effects; Phenotypic plasticity; Stator limbatus; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EGG SIZE; HOST USE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ACACIA GREGGII; BRUCHIDAE; CERCIDIUM FLORIDUM; CHLOROLEUCON EBANO; COLEOPTERA; STATOR LIMBATUS;

EID: 0033980681     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0003:MEMHEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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